The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-11-18

wffe aafR1F - aif&de thon the hands 81 EpfAi
and Paraon@ Upon the expiration Ok elsven
and d half miputee after the drop feil. Dr.
Meyer announced that Fischer's pulse had re.
sumed It's action at the rata OF 90 per minute
The other phYstcians felt FOR the pulse, but
none of them could Discover any, and stated
what Appeared 10 DR.. laoyer 4 pulsatipn was
simply the convElsive notions Of tensions
~ COULDN'T ENDUR THE sYGHT.
y Many of the spectators turned their heads
st she fatal instant, 5zs sxpszssfa=-s4 >y
saw that the body Of Sizes struggled fear.
fully Rt first Fisher did not move for a mo-
rrent or two, and then be hung limp, but
struRgkd for q few moments. during which
his coEl was d~isaTranged, exposing a part OF
his face until the body was turned around by
the physician who was examining the pulse.
Eugis's body made scarcely a mo-
ton after it had fallen. When Parsons
body fell it remained stationary
for some moments Then the head nodded
back and forth while the upper portion of
the body was ~conYulsed, the bosom heayed
80 hard that it seemed as IL it would burst
through the shroud With another violent
throw Of the whole body the contest between
life and death ended. AS soon as the doctors
bad declared the four men to be dead, those
VIII had witnessed the execution began to
depart in a most orderly manner in great
contrast to previous occasions of a similar
character, It was wonderful to
aote how quickly the excitement
which had filed the jail all the
morning Gained down. The 200 prisoners
confined in the place who had been in fever
all during the tragic event of the day, re-
gained their usual spirits. They crack
Jokes from cell to cell, and as they had had
nothing to eat since breakfast they soon be-
gan TO yell for soup The spectators who
had witnessed the hanging walked rapidly
90 oss TIC izSisSsure, and the weary deputies
went to dinner, the only ones left in the
Jail office being the press representatives
WITHOUT
Curious police officials walked into the Jail
10 learn how the execution had been pro-
seeded with, and were in turn questioned
asto how the citizens outside had aeBed.
There was absolutely 40 trouble" one and
all replied The sentences Of the courts
were carried out in the presence of less than
\ tenth of the crowds present at hang
ngs in Chicago, and this. too. Ia
the face of to-day's proceedings which
we're ef : %Gs!a vide interest Great credit
Ih;uld be given to Sheriff Madison for
arranging and conducting the proceedins In
10 orderly and so gentle a hammer. Many
people displayed autographs of the dead
Fischer, which he had written during the
morning. Il was estimated that he had
made fifty Of them in all They all read
alike and were couched in the following
words:
Anarchy Is liberty.
ADoLPH FISCHER.
Cook county Jail. Nov. 1897"
THE FORMAL RECORD.
I Canute r Matson, sheriff Of Cook county,
III, do hereby certify that on the 11th day Of
November. A. D. 1887, between The hours Of 10
o'clock In the forenoon aud A o'clock in tho
afternoon OF that day, at 1887 o'clock in the
u said county, / did, as a sheriff,
duly execute August Spies, Adolph
Fischer, George Enge! and Albert r.
Parsons, In conformity with the sentence Of the
criminal court OF said county of Cook, in pur-
suance of the order and Judgment of the So
preme conrt of Illinois, for the Northern grand
division, and entered of record on the l4th day
Of September, 1887, and In accordance with the
statutes OF the State CT Illinois in such cases
4 made and provided. CANUTE r MAIsoN.
We, the undersigned, who are not relatives of
The above named August Spies or others, hereby
sert ~ that we have Witnessed the execution, by
hanging. OF the said August Spies. and others,
and in the above certificate set forth.
The signatures of twelve Chicago citizens
are appended to the solemn declaration
above, and with them form the essential
public record Of the death Of the ~haymarket
aurderers.
A ALK WITH b SHERIFF..
Sheriff Matson sat in his private office this
evening very pale, and the dark rings be-
meath the eyes showed that he was worn oat
with thinking, worry, excitement and hard
work. He leaned back in his easy chair and
rested his feet in another seat In front Of
hIm as he surveyed a lithogFaph OF thirty
seven Sioux Indians being executed at one
time, which occurred IN Minnesota in 1862.
-Four at once is enough, he remarked as he
laid down the picture.
sYou look tired, remarked the reporter.
"Weii. / do not deceive INV looks. then, he re-
care you satisfied with the result of rke duty
imposed upon your
yes. Think the execution passed OF as well
as an unpleasant thing like that could. 1t Is
Always a sad job for an official to perform, but
with a healthy moral public sentiment behind
him the otiioer feels strong IN doing his duty
| had no tears that there would be trouble.
The police aided me greatly. the arrangements
OF Chief Ebersold and Capt. Setback this morn
INK being admirable. and too much credit can.
not be given them and their efficient force. ]
did all I could to have the thing carried ont
decentIy and Ia order and think that we sue.
Doeded fairly well. There was not a crowd 10
the Jail and very few curiosity seekers. The
Jury was Of business men. and outside OF these
and q few first class physicians, who were
present for scientific purposes, there were ouly
the representatives OF the press.r
-Do you take any significant meaning &0m
the last words OF the doomed menu
mo lido not. replied the sheriff.
HI sat still q minute thinking of the bro
ken sentences OF Parsons as the drop fell,
and then said:
With the stained public sentiment I did not
deem it expedient to have the men make Ions
speechea at that time. or course it ID customary
and il is believed that q man can talk as much
as lie pleases on the scaffold. but there iE no law
authorizing Il. and / deemed IL best not TO al
low it. It seemed TO me that IL would only lead
to excitement. There had been no understand
Ing that they would be allowed to talk from the
scaffold. but on the contrary as Wa were Coins
TO the gall0ws / was told by Dr.. Bolton they die
aot want TO, as they had written 3 great deal X
be- printed.
I'D You appTehend that there viii be AM
y tfonbie at the funerals2"
~No, I do rot; / think the better Judgment 81
The friends OF the unfortunate men will prevail
and that nothing Will be done TO cause repeti-
zion OF tO-day's work
WHY was che execution delayed from 10 x